The application of surgical cordectomy in the management of an intramedullary-extramedullary atypical meningioma: Case report and literature review

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 449-454

  Raza, Shaan M ^a   Anderson, William S ^a   Eberhart, Charles G ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33644818598     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000155032.69394.23     Document Type: Review

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